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Arecibo Municipio, PR

85,971 Population
126 square miles 682.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.9 ±0.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Puerto Rico: 45.4 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$15,537 ±$1,480 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Puerto Rico: $18,766 ±$378
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$22,309 ±$2,828 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Puerto Rico: $27,213 ±$751
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

40.4% ±6% (34,266  ±5,097) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Puerto Rico: 37.3% 1,184,965 (±1% / ±30,230)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

25.5 minutes ±1.5 (633,715  ±46,988) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Puerto Rico: 28 29,404,204 (±0.2 / ±261,029)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

34,226 ±1,850 Number of households
  • Puerto Rico: 1,242,609 ±10,856
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.5 ±0.1 (84,020  ±1,821) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Puerto Rico: 2.6 3,164,676
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

0.8% ±0.8% (151  ±156) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Puerto Rico: 2.7% † 19,803 (±0.4% / ±3,206)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

43,887 ±1,344 Number of housing units
  • Puerto Rico: 1,616,963 ±7,687
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$130,900 ±$8,147 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Puerto Rico: $142,100 ±$1,869
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

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Social

83.3% (54,718  ±4,246.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Puerto Rico: 81.9% 1,988,848 (±1.1% / ±26,943.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
27.3% (17,912  ±2,418.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Puerto Rico: 29.7% 721,127 (±0.7% / ±16,025.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

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1.8% ±1% (1,340  ±725) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Puerto Rico: 2.3% 62,064 (±0.2% / ±4,271)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
1,340 Total veterans ±725 1,244 Male ±708 96 Female ±170

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